EXTREME Upgrades! - Heavily modified aircraft in action in Ottawa (Convair, Dash 7 and Twin otter)

[@MarkBrandonAviation]

I see all the comments regarding the year DHC6 was built. It was an editing mistake, it was suppose to read 1968! Thanks for letting me know!

[@vincentbrouillet1068]

It look like a 300 series that was produce only after 1969

[@Bass_X-evs]

Its just so relaxing to see a Twin Otter takeoff, land and just taxi around with ease ☺

[@alainbellemare2779]

my first ever flight was in 1972 in a dh 6 from Montreal to Ottawa

[@robertfencl4401]

Good Golly Miss Molly! Whole lotta surveying goin' on!

[@orgcoast5990]

Great stuff. My compliments to Canada for enlisting some very capable aircraft. Many years ago I was a passenger on the Dash 7 and 8 as well as the Convair 580. I really enjoyed flying on the turboprops.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I had a job that I I flew to and from work every two weeks in a 580. When 9-11 happened it was retired it because the cost to upgrade the cockpit door wasn’t worth the trouble. I’ve also been in plenty of single and twin Otters. When the Dash 7 first came out I flew on them but they quit using them after a few years. I’m sure the two extra engines were an expensive compared to the Dash 8. Most of my jobs for over 30 years involved different getting on a plane or helicopter to get the job done.

[@orgcoast5990]

@@Chris_at_Home Good for you! I've been on singles and twins but never the Otter.

[@Chris_at_Home]

@@orgcoast5990 For many years Twin Otters were used by some small airlines between Anchorage and Kenai. They were also used on the North Slope of Alaska to fly between their leases. I worked at a job for a summer where I used a Beaver on floats to service radio telephones on Lake Illimna.

[@papabits5721]

Enlisted and built in Canada

[@Chuck59ish]

We have a Red Dash 7 that over flies Saint John, NB every once in while check both of the Irving owned paper mills and the largest oil refinery in Canada, may not be this aircraft, but that operates out of Halifax.

[@Rocketman88002]

I flew a Golden Gate Airlines Dash-7 from Los Angeles to Monterey once. Sounded and rode like a miniature C-130. This video features some neat looking aircraft. Great job on the descriptions!

[@Guru_Swami]

Some gorgeous aircraft here!

[@carlosballesteros4670]

Wonderful videos

[@robertfencl4401]

Love the zebra props on the Otter!

[@PeterNGloor]

that red Dash-7 is really special!

[@beechlad3541]

Great video Mark, I loved seeing the (immaculate looking) Convair & the Dash 7 too. I noted a Swiss ATR in the background, that's a long way from home..

[@hman455]

Apparently the ATR was recently acquired by Canadian North and that’s all I know

[@PeterNGloor]

@@hman455 if you Google under the Reg. HB-ABS you will see that it operated in Africa for Zimex Aviation, hence the Swiss Reg. I think it hauled cargo for Zimex in Switzerland for some time, replacing the last Fokker-27 operating here.

[@hman455]

@@PeterNGloor Okay thanks

[@michaelcrawford8401]

That red surveillance plane is a gorgeous aircraft!

[@leolambert5676]

The Twin Otter build date of 1958 is out to lunch as the first twin was built in 1965

[@ropshubop]

Great video!

[@gangstaparadise-qu3su]

The sound of propeller is one of the best music

[@aselwyn1]

cool saw this Dash 7 fly over me yesterday

[@hman455]

Great video. Nice to see you in Ottawa! Your very lucky to see these.

[@Miftahjaya96]

Great job friend

[@unlikelyimager547]

Ah - that's the red Dash 7! I was at the front desk of the Ottawa Flying Club earlier this month (May 2022) to book some training time and both me and the guy behind the counter did a double-take as that red Dash 7 (Transport 922) landed on Runway 22! Never seen that before. (For those unfamiliar with CYOW, runway 22 is the short runway at the far south end of the airport that is used almost exclusively by Cessna 150 and 172 flight training traffic.)

[@lancecluster]

Nice Video, High Quality Work

[@jaquigreenlees]

The Twin Otter is currently being produced by Viking Air. They purchased the type defs for ALL DeHavilland aircraft but only currently produce the Twin Otter. They are based in Victoria ( Sidney ) BC and the planes are produced in Lethbridge Alberta.

[@orgcoast5990]

That is great! I had no idea the Twin was still in production; I thought it had gone the same way that many good ideas go. Thanks for the info.

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@orgcoast5990 No problem, most people think the same as you about it. If we can get enough people asking they might even start production of the Beaver again.

[@orgcoast5990]

@@jaquigreenlees That would really be a class move!

[@SuperRede4u]

Thought everyone would be interested in this. In November 2018, Viking Air parent Longview Aviation Capital Corporation acquired the Bombardier Dash 8 programme and the de Havilland brand from Bombardier, in a deal that was expected to close by the second half of 2019.[14] In January 2019, Longview announced that it would establish a new company in Ontario, to be called de Havilland Aircraft Co. of Canada, to continue production of the Q400 model and support the Dash 8 range.[15] The deal closed on 3 June 2019; the newly formed company inherited an order book of 51 Q400s.[1] Longview did not intend to merge Viking Air and De Havilland. Some 1200 Bombardier staff transferred to the new De Havilland company, which intended to continue Dash 8-400 production at Downsview until a lease expires in 2023 and hopes to negotiate an extension to that date. Other Dash 8 variants are also under consideration, in particular to target the North American 50-seater market.[16] In February 2022, Longview consolidated its activities, with Viking Air, Longview Aviation, Pacific Sky Training and De Havilland Canada all being rebranded as De Havilland Aircraft of Canada. Source: Wikipedia

[@orgcoast5990]

@@SuperRede4u Very interesting. Thanks for the info.

[@haidabucksart5010]

The red dash 7 ( red surveillance plane) been flying the west coast over Port Coquitlam/ Coquitlam down inlet of Port Moody last couple weeks.. really low great views!!!

[@northernflights7837]

Gorgeous video! Can't wait to start flying the Dash-7 (albeit not this one), soon! :D

[@gmitchell_tc]

Those are some very lumpy and interesting planes!

[@westcoast1882]

Really cool video. 👍

[@Steve-xf4uv]

Specialty aircreft that we don't get to see too often. Even when I worked in Ottawa, I rarely saw them, and the Dash-7, never. Thanks for sharing. Any idea what that plane is behind the Dah-7 at 4:07 ? No markings.

[@roddigney2514]

It's an ATR-72-212A (aka -500), S/N 711, recently acquired by Canadian North from small African carrier Afrijet. It is still wearing Swiss reg HB-ABS (not sure why Swiss).

[@Steve-xf4uv]

@@roddigney2514 I thought it was an ATR, did not recognize the tail markings. Looked up online Afrijet from Gabon, yep the purple engine nacelles and tail markings ! Thanks.

[@البكلنصي]

I traveld by this air craft from uttawa to halifax it was very nice trip

[@gregorykusiak5424]

The Dash7-150 passed me literally overhead last week as it entered the circuit of my local airport. I wondered what TC was Surveilling in my area or if it was a training/recurrenccy flight.

[@brentsutherland6385]

I've seen the red Dash 7 up looking for oil slicks, or whatever it does.

[@yqm999]

The NASP Dash 7, C-GCFR, was built in 1986. (S/N 302)

[@TheSecurdisc]

Minor point...think the heading 'USER' is more appropriate than 'AIRLINE'. Good video.

[@condorc72]

Is this the caribou

[@robertmuller5039]

Just awesome very good safety records also on these types

[@letsseeif]

Enjoyed your video. it's all to rare to see this area of national surveillance, all too often cloaked in secrecy. Also great to see so many of the top old timer aircraft that (as we Aussies would say) "keeping the bastards honest."

[@51WCDodge]

60 +years old and still working hard for thier living. The could design and build equipment then.

[@jaquigreenlees]

want a brand spanking new Twin Otter? Viking Air builds them.

[@tonyhernandez3227]

I remember those aircrafts when they were passengers revenue with the different airlines serving MIA

[@robertfencl4401]

4 engines on the Dash 7? Kind of ostentatious!

[@cbrbird]

Was the Twin Otter, at the start of the video, converted from a DHC-3? I thought the twin otter first flew in the mid 1960's...

[@GlenCychosz]

I have never seen a Twin Otter with a belly pod.

[@richardcox6935]

When I see all these new high tail horizontal stabilizers I wonder why. I never liked the handling characteristics and I cringe to think of ho easy it would be to overstress it or lose it in midair collision.

[@robertfencl4401]

Bad NOSE job too!

[@badglue4223]

they should upgrade the squadron with some Dakotas!

[@scratchypants1]

Love how landing twotters look like a kid that doesn't want to go to bed. Like if the pilot let up on the column it would spring almost straight back up into the sky.

[@boholanolagibay5703]

I seen during landing of dhc 6 he is on trouble

[@davepowell3293]

Your intro says the Twin Otter was made in 1958,can't be first one flew in 1965

[@andrewjordan3341]

Twin Otters were not built until mid 60s

[@Jay-hr3rh]

I wonder what the red airplane is used for? 🤔

[@zenonbillings9008]

way too much info typeograph on image ... you need to learn how to do voice-over with toning back engine noise.

[@robertfencl4401]

The Convair has tumors!

[@loyeantleyjr.8646]

🤩🤭🤩

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

🇨🇦🇺🇦

[@sticksvenus]

There were no twin otters built in 1958. Please get your facts straight

[@GoofieNewfie69]

Canadian youtube creators should not use Canadian media as a model.. Tone down the ambient noise and actually speak(voice over). pausing to read the nomenclature is a real pain.

[@Patriot-bn9om]

Oh no! Trudeau has surveillance aircraft.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Beautiful aircraft. I'm all for their missions and gathering environmental data. But how much of this expense of taxpayer funds is related to the political idea of manmade climate change? Hopefully none.